STEVENS POINT Wis. – Returning to the lineup after missing the last three matches due to injury,
Ava Carlson (SO, Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS) had 27 kills with 10 digs, as her Augsburg University volleyball team dropped a pair of matches to nationally ranked teams on Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Papa John's Invitational.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORES: Carthage (Wis.) def. Augsburg 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-17); Washington-St. Louis (Mo.) def. Augsburg 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-23)
LOCATION: Quandt Fieldhouse, Stevens Point, Wis.
RECORD: Augsburg 6-10 overall
CARTHAGE 3, AUGSBURG 0
• Playing Carthage College for the second time in a week, the Auggies hit just .074 (31 kills, 24 errors, 95 attacks), while Carthage, receiving votes in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III national poll, hit .333 (41 kills, nine errors, 96 attacks). The Auggies also fell victim to 13 Carthage team blocks in the match.
• Carlson recorded nine kills and six digs, adding a service ace, while
Taliah Triggs (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) had nine kills and a block assist.
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Taylor Hoehns (SR, Cedar Falls, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) and
Gwynn Gorter (SO, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS) had four kills each.
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Jovial King (SO, Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS) had 21 assists and eight digs, and
Maggie Lile (JR, Spring Grove, Minn./Spring Grove HS) had nine digs and six assists.
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS 3, AUGSBURG 0
• Washington University-St. Louis, ranked No. 10 in the latest AVCA national poll, hit .278 (36 kills, 14 errors, 79 attacks), compared to Augsburg's 153 (38 kills, 23 errors, 98 attacks). The Bears also had eight team blocks to Augsburg's four.
• Carlson recorded her 11th double-digit kill effort of the season, with 18 kills to go along with four digs and two service aces.
• Triggs had seven kills and a solo block, and Hoehns had five kills.
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Sierra Washington (SR, Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) had three solo blocks with two kills.
• King had 29 assists and six digs.
FOR THE FOES
• Kristina Manojlovic had 14 kills and three block assists for Carthage against the Auggies.
• Leah Oyewole had nine kills and two block assists for Washington-St. Louis.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday (10/8) at 7 p.m., with a match at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.
